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I am having a vertical tasting today of Bigfoot Barleywine....it is a single year vintageand is 8 months old...should be prime...vintage 2009.MMMM good beer...now I know how my user name relates to beer.... 1vertical

Nice, I have three different years saved right now. Bigfoot holds a special place in my heart. It was the first craft beer I ever had outside of Guiness and SNPA. Fell in love instantly with hops that fateful weekend.

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"In three things is a man revealed: in his wine goblet, in his purse, and in his wrath."

I buy a sixer every year and store it. I've stopped keeping it too long though...I find that at 3 years old it sort of goes to pieces and isn't worth the extra year of aging. At two years, its perfect. Once I find a sixer of 2010, I may have to raid the cellar for the 2008 vintage.

Doing a vertical tasting of Bigfoot shouldn't span TOO many years, lest it quickly render the vertical taster horizontal.

I have to applaud the restraint of the guy putting on the tasting. I seldom can hold on to anything that long. Although, in Feb. of 2002 I bought a case of 1 year old Old Crustacean for my 50th birthday, thinking I'd hold on to some for 10 years. Well, I'll be 58 in a few weeks, the beer will be 9 years old, and I have one left.....SO close!

I buy a sixer every year and store it. I've stopped keeping it too long though...I find that at 3 years old it sort of goes to pieces and isn't worth the extra year of aging. At two years, its perfect. Once I find a sixer of 2010, I may have to raid the cellar for the 2008 vintage.

Doing a vertical tasting of Bigfoot shouldn't span TOO many years, lest it quickly render the vertical taster horizontal.

"lest it render the vertical taster horizontal." - Ha that's funny. I'll have to keep that in mind when I do some verticals of the Mephistopheles and Beast from Avery!

"lest it render the vertical taster horizontal." - Ha that's funny. I'll have to keep that in mind when I do some verticals of the Mephistopheles and Beast from Avery!

I requested the Avery newsletter...hopefully that will dial me in on those happenings. I have YET to recieve a copy.I also signed up in person at the Brewery. I have YET to recieve a copy...no not going into my spam folder either... I missed out on tickets to the Sourfest next month...an event I would have LOVED to visit...B.T.W. if anyone has any extra Sourfest tix, please PM me....

I have to applaud the restraint of the guy putting on the tasting. I seldom can hold on to anything that long. Although, in Feb. of 2002 I bought a case of 1 year old Old Crustacean for my 50th birthday, thinking I'd hold on to some for 10 years. Well, I'll be 58 in a few weeks, the beer will be 9 years old, and I have one left.....SO close!

That's very good patience, I think Old Crustacean is one of my favorite beers ever, in my top 3 . Enjoy that one, 9 years would probably be a sweetspot and Happy Birthday in advance !

"lest it render the vertical taster horizontal." - Ha that's funny. I'll have to keep that in mind when I do some verticals of the Mephistopheles and Beast from Avery!

I requested the Avery newsletter...hopefully that will dial me in on those happenings. I have YET to recieve a copy.I also signed up in person at the Brewery. I have YET to recieve a copy...no not going into my spam folder either... I missed out on tickets to the Sourfest next month...an event I would have LOVED to visit...B.T.W. if anyone has any extra Sourfest tix, please PM me....

Thier last Monthly Mash (Newsletter) said that they may be releasing another 50 - 100 tickets depending on how many more beers they get. You might want to call them up and see where that stands!